In Year 7 students at TAS transition from being primary school students to middle school. A strength of TAS as an Area School is that this transition happens all at one venue.
“Learning to handle the increased and more complex social interaction opportunities at intermediate and Secondary school can often be a big learning curve for many students.” As well as the interactions with their peers, students have to get used to relating to a range of different teachers. It is important to remember that friendships and social interaction are known to be extremely important for young adolescents.
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Arts in Action Week
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Transition from Junior to Middle School at Twizel Area School
Main Differences
Wearing a uniform (please NAME everything) .... PE classes try to be timetabled so that the clothing can be laundered in between PE days.
The school day starts at 8.40am in House Rooms
Continue to have DEAR ... chapter books from the library to be exchanged in student's own time
Classes run for 50 minutes
Homeroom teacher is only for Maths, English and Social Studies ...
PE - Mr Frost Information Technology & Health - Mrs O'Carroll Art - Mrs Frost Science - Mr Potter Semester 1 Food & Textile Technology - Miss McLennan Semester 2 Hard Materials Technology - Mr White Semester 1 Options - Mrs Potter - Drama, Mr Frost - Dance, Music - Mrs Sweney Semester 2 Languages - Te Reo Maori - Mrs Sweney, German - Miss McLennan, , French - Mrs Potter
seating arrangements vary from class to class
the skill to remember stationery, jersey etc is a challenge for some
Homework expectations and managing the workload ... CLASS DIARY, class wiki, mathletics, Studyladder
Lunch is eaten in the Tech Area Courtyard with Years 7 - 10
Students at this stage are familiar with a range of part-whole strategies and are learning to choose appropriately between these. They have well developed strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems, for example:
367 + 260 as (300 + 200) + (60 + 60) + 7
135 – 68 as 135 – 70 + 2
703 – 597 as 597 + ? = 703
They also apply additive strategies to problems involving multiplication, division, proportions and ratios. For example:
6 x 3 = (5 x 3) + 3 = 15 + 3 = 18
One quarter of 28 as 14 + 14 = 28 so 14 is one half, 7 + 7 = 14 so 7 is one quarter
Stage 7: Advanced multiplicative
Students at this stage are able to choose appropriately from a range of part-whole strategies to solve problems with whole numbers. They are learning to apply these strategies to the addition of decimals, related fractions and integers. For example, 5.5 + 6.8 = 5.5 + 7 – 0.2 = 12.3.
Students are learning to manipulate factors mentally to solve multiplication and division strategies. For example, instead of partitioning 5 x 12 additively as (5 x 10) and (5 x 2) students use strategies such as doubling and halving, renaming 5 x 12 and 6 x 10.
When working with fractions and ratios students apply their knowledge of multiplication and division facts. For example, 4/6 of 30 is found by dividing 30 by 6 to find a sixth, then multiplying the result by 4 to get 20.
Class Grouping Knowledge
Some knowledge is taught to the whole class.
Some knowledge is taught to smaller needs-based groups of students. This is particularly necessary where the knowledge is a foundation for strategies.
Strategies are taught to groups of students working at a similar stage on the number framework.
Knowledge or strategy?
How do you work out the answer to 5 + 4 = 9?
You probably just knew. If this is the case, it’s a piece of knowledge for you.
Now work out the answer to 4 x 16
4 x 16 was probably not a known fact for you. You had to strategise to solve it. There are many strategies that you may have used for solving 4 x 16, here are some of them:
16 + 16 = 32, 32 + 32 = 64
4 x 10 = 40, 4 x 6 = 24, 40 + 24 = 64
4 x 20 = 80, 4 x 4 = 16, 80 – 16 = 64
4 x 16 = 8 x 8 = 64
Events throughout the year
Three Way Conferences
Overnight Tramp and 2 night stay at Huxley Camp Depart Tuesday morning , return Friday afternoon - Week 5 Term 1 Cost $60 - $70
Aoraki Maths - Timaru
Science Fair
Athletics at senior level .... take part in the Canterbury Cluster Group
Swimming .... we take part in the Waitaki Swimming Events
Cross Country as Waitaki Cluster
Hosting SAS in 2015 and students will be asked to billet students Week 3 of term 2
Year 7 – Introduction to the Intermediate Years
In Year 7 students at TAS transition from being primary school students to middle school. A strength of TAS as an Area School is that this transition happens all at one venue.
“Learning to handle the increased and more complex social interaction opportunities at intermediate and Secondary school can often be a big learning curve for many students.” As well as the interactions with their peers, students have to get used to relating to a range of different teachers. It is important to remember that friendships and social interaction are known to be extremely important for young adolescents.==
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Transition from Junior to Middle School at Twizel Area School
Main Differences
PE - Mr Frost
Information Technology & Health - Mrs O'Carroll
Art - Mrs Frost
Science - Mr Potter
Semester 1 Food & Textile Technology - Miss McLennan
Semester 2 Hard Materials Technology - Mr White
Semester 1 Options - Mrs Potter - Drama, Mr Frost - Dance, Music - Mrs Sweney
Semester 2 Languages - Te Reo Maori - Mrs Sweney, German - Miss McLennan, , French - Mrs Potter
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End of Year Seven Numeracy Expectations
http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/sites/default/files/images/NumberExpectationsForNZC.pdf
Stage 6: Advanced additive
Students at this stage are familiar with a range of part-whole strategies and are learning to choose appropriately between these. They have well developed strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems, for example:367 + 260 as (300 + 200) + (60 + 60) + 7
135 – 68 as 135 – 70 + 2
703 – 597 as 597 + ? = 703
They also apply additive strategies to problems involving multiplication, division, proportions and ratios. For example:
6 x 3 = (5 x 3) + 3 = 15 + 3 = 18
One quarter of 28 as 14 + 14 = 28 so 14 is one half, 7 + 7 = 14 so 7 is one quarter
Stage 7: Advanced multiplicative
Students at this stage are able to choose appropriately from a range of part-whole strategies to solve problems with whole numbers. They are learning to apply these strategies to the addition of decimals, related fractions and integers. For example, 5.5 + 6.8 = 5.5 + 7 – 0.2 = 12.3.Students are learning to manipulate factors mentally to solve multiplication and division strategies. For example, instead of partitioning 5 x 12 additively as (5 x 10) and (5 x 2) students use strategies such as doubling and halving, renaming 5 x 12 and 6 x 10.
When working with fractions and ratios students apply their knowledge of multiplication and division facts. For example, 4/6 of 30 is found by dividing 30 by 6 to find a sixth, then multiplying the result by 4 to get 20.
Class Grouping
Knowledge
- Some knowledge is taught to the whole class.
- Some knowledge is taught to smaller needs-based groups of students. This is particularly necessary where the knowledge is a foundation for strategies.
Strategies are taught to groups of students working at a similar stage on the number framework.Knowledge or strategy?
How do you work out the answer to 5 + 4 = 9?
You probably just knew. If this is the case, it’s a piece of knowledge for you.
Now work out the answer to 4 x 16
4 x 16 was probably not a known fact for you. You had to strategise to solve it. There are many strategies that you may have used for solving 4 x 16, here are some of them:
16 + 16 = 32, 32 + 32 = 64
4 x 10 = 40, 4 x 6 = 24, 40 + 24 = 64
4 x 20 = 80, 4 x 4 = 16, 80 – 16 = 64
4 x 16 = 8 x 8 = 64
Events throughout the year
Overnight Tramp and 2 night stay at Huxley Camp
Depart Tuesday morning , return Friday afternoon
- Week 5 Term 1 Cost $60 - $70
Aoraki Maths - Timaru
Science Fair
Athletics at senior level .... take part in the Canterbury Cluster Group
Swimming .... we take part in the Waitaki Swimming Events
Cross Country as Waitaki Cluster
Hosting SAS in 2015 and students will be asked to billet students Week 3 of term 2
Outdoor Education Week - at the end of the year
In House Spelling/ General Knowledge Competitions